Hello all! I am having a problem maybe someone would know something about. I have tried all sorts of media in this machine(**edited to add it is the DVDR04 model) and can't seem to get it to record. It recorded on the DVDRW that was provided with the player but no matter what I put in it now I get the same error. I read a lot of what was here and I did get some Verbatim DVD+RW and update the firmware with the unhacked version of the upgrade. This is what is happening(still): I put the disk in and the screen reports that it is reading. The dvd player says load. After a few seconds the screen says preparing and a series of dashes are on the player. After a moment or two the screen and the player will say fail and then the screen says invalid disk and I can't do anything with it unless I eject the disk first. Am I missing a step, is there something wrong I am overlooking, or is this thing just defective? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!
I hate jumping to conclusions like this, Aezarien; but the steps that you are listing are the exact steps that I use to put in my blank DVDRW's. If it is failing like you are saying, then I would think the thing is defective. The only suggestions I could think about are to use a different media, I personally use Maxell DVD+RW discs that I buy from Walmart. Or if you have a DVD-Burner on your computer, burn something onto one of those discs you are using, then erase it, place it into your ILO and see what happens. Also, did you just buy this machine, or have you had it for a while and now it decides to stop working?
I've had it for a year or so and it hasn't burned a dvd since it burned the one it came with. I've tried the Maxell type and they fail too although I haven't tried one since I did the system update. I'll go do that and try the other suggestion now and see what happens. Thanks for the info. I'll let you know what I turn up!
